Railway-tie and rail-fastening.



No. 851,551. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. A. NEWBLL.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.13.1906.

W/TNESSES H lNVENTOH L M MW in I I I I V f 111? 0W' g0 I A A ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT osrroa ALLEN NEWELL, or G ADALAJARA, MEXICO.

RAILWAY-TIE AND HAN-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented April 23, 1907,

Application and December 13,1906. Serial No. 347.1327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN NEWELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Guadalajara, Mexico, have invented a new metal ties for railways and rail fastenings,

the object being to rovide a metal tie that will be comparativel servicjable, and tort er to provide a novel form or rail fastene ethat may be readily ad- 'usted to the rail and, normally hold the same 0m any lateral movement with relation to the tie.

I will describe a railway tie and rail fastening embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the lappcnded claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is asectional elevation showing a portion of a tie and a rail fastening en1bodymg my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of F ig. 1 Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line 3-3 of 2 and Fig. 4 is asection showinga modification.

The tie is of trough shape that is, it has opposite side walls 5 extended upward from t e base wall 6 and at the upper edges the side walls are provided with recesses 7 for re ceiving the base flange 8 of a rail 9. g

The rail fastening consists of hook members 10, 11, the hook member 10 being designed to engage with one side of the rail flange, while the hook member 11 engages with the other side of the flange, as clearly indicated in the drawings. It will be noted that the hookportions 10 and 1 1 are arched on the outer side, making the parts which engage the rail flanges a little thicker from the inner the thickness from the last named point to.

to the outer sides between the ends connect ing with the shank to about the center than the ends. The shank 1261 the hook member 10 is bifurcatedor has two sections 13, 14 spaced apart and mounted to swing on a rod 15 extended through openings in the side walls 5 of the tie and near the botto'm thereof, the object of which will hereinafter appear. The shank portion 16 of the hook 11 passes between the parts13 and 14 of the 00k shank 12 and is also mounted to swing light, yet strong andon said rod or bolt 15, and the several shanks are .held in central position by means of washers 17 on the rod or bolt between said parts 13 and 14 and the inner surfaces of the side walls 5.

From the pivotal point of the shank 12 arms 18 extend upward and straddle the shank '16, and a sin le arm 19 extends u ward from the pivota point of said shank 16,- 1passin between the momthe said arm 19 here 13 and 14 o the s milk 12. These upwardly extended arms are arran ed at an acute angle with relation to said sihank poitions, and the inner sides of the arms are somewhat diver out to receive a fastening wedge 20 tl en s of which engage with the inner sides of the tie walls 5, asindicated in Fig. 2. This wedge is held in place by means of a key 21. which passes through openings in said side walls of the tie, and when inserted the smaller end of the key is turned down wardhgainst the outer side of one 'of said side walls 5, it being understood that this. key is somewhat thicker in a' vertical direction than the key 21, and in this example' of my. improvement one of the openings in the side walls of the tie is sufficiently large to permit the passing therethrough of s. Wed 0 23, and in passin the wedge through one ol the openings it fa ls into place between the upwardly extended arms, and then the key is to be inserted.

By placing the rod or bolt 15 near the ottom 0 the tie, the fastening devices have a much greater are of swing than would be possible were the pivotal point arran ed in a higher plane and thus the hooks w rich are forced inward by thespreading apart of the arms, will have a greater pressure on the rail placmg the shank of the opposite hook between the bifurcated sections, the two hooks.

will on age with the flange, posits the other.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

l. A metal railway tie having upwardly extended side walls for supporting the flange of a rail, and hook members having swinging connection with the tie for engaging with-"the base flange of a rail and means for forcing the hook members toward the rail.

one directly op rro 2. A metal railway tie having a base Wall and vertical side walls, a bolt extended through the side walls near the base Wall, and rail fastening devices said bolt and having hook. portions for enaging with the rail flanges and means for forcing the hook members toward the rail;

3. A metal railway tie havin 'npwardl extended side walls, a bolt eXten ed'throug the side walls near the bottom, a rail fastener comprising a hook member having a bifurcated shank mounted to swing on said bolt and another hook member having a shank extended between the parts of the firstnamed shank and arranged to swing on said bolt, arms extended upwz'i-rd from the shanks and at an acute angle thereto, and a Wedge,

for engaging between said arms.

4. A metal railway tiehavin u wardly extended side walls, a bolt extent ed lietween the side walls at the lowerzportion, a railfastoning comprising a hook having a bifurcated shank portion mounted to swing on said bolt key for engaging with thewedge.

and having upwardly extended arms, an:

other hook portion having a shank mounted to swing on the bolt hetween the parts of the lirst-named shank, the flange-engaging hook members being of varying thickness from the inner to the outer sides, an-arin ex' tended upward from said last-named shank, a wedge t'or engaging he weenthe arms, and a mounted to swing on.

5. A metal railway tie havin u.wardly extended side walls, a bolt extended etween the side walls at the lower portion, the said side walls having openings above the bolt, a rail fastener having a hook member for en- 7 gaging with the flange of a rail. the said hook member having a bifurcated shank having swinging connection with the holt, arms extended upward from the shank members, an-

key leing longit udinallv tapered end having its sinaller end turned downward against the outer side of one of t he walls of the tie.

6. A metal railway tie for supporting the flangeof a rail. hook IIKHtlKTS having swin ing eonneet ion nit h the tie for engaging wit 1 the base flange of a; -xil, and means for forcing ,the hook members t ward the rail.

in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speeilirnlion in the presence of two suhs rihing witnesses.

' itlilil lhl NlCl VELL.

/liitnesses: (h'runm'o (l. rlnrrn, WILL. l). DAvis. 

